Friday, May 13, 2011

Mill, Gender Ideal and Gender Oppression: Do Feminists Need to Abolish Gender Roles?

From the abstract:
Many feminists – and particularly liberal feminists- feel that human beings cannot develop their true potential until they would live in a society where men and women have complete equality. One solution to this problem is to abolish gender roles, or to value social and legal norms because they promote gender neutrality. Because actual gender roles are shaped by patriarchy, the elimination of gender roles would open up possibilities for human emancipation.


Source: Thinking Gender Papers, UCLA Center for the Study of Women, UC Los Angeles

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